Quitman High School was one of several schools across the state that received a bomb threat Monday afternoon. The call was determined to be a prank but necessary precautions were immediately taken by the school district.

Sportsmen and landowners, who wish to trap wild hogs on their property within the following counties: Claiborne, Hinds, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, and Yazoo, must now obtain a permit from the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, a